Did Maryland fulfill Lord Baltimore´s hope of creating a vast domain modeled on feudal lines?
a. No, it was soon the home of huge slave-based cotton plantations.
b. No, many of the would-be feudal peasants insisted on farming their own land as backcountry planters.
c. Yes, Maryland´s large estates drew many willing servants and embodied feudalism at its most successful.
d. No, a rebellion of poorer farmers in Maryland saw larger estates broken up and confiscated for redistribution.
e. Yes, but feudal-style farming proved unprofitable and was quickly abandoned.
b
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